Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday as part of their investigations into a string of corruption allegations.
The police said Netanyahu was questioned “for a number of hours” without elaborating, and declined further comment.
Authorities have questioned Netanyahu on a number of occasions in recent months. The latest questioning was believed to concern a case involving the country’s telecom giant.
Two Netanyahu confidants have been arrested on suspicion of promoting regulation worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the Bezeq telecom company. In return, Bezeq’s subsidiary news site, Walla, allegedly provided positive Netanyahu coverage. The confidants have turned state witnesses.
Netanyahu denied the allegations in a Facebook post later Tuesday.
Netanyahu held the government’s communications portfolio until last year.
Police have recommended indicting Netanyahu on corruption charges in two other cases.
Netanyahu has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, dismissing the accusations as a media witch hunt.
(AP)
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The witch hunt continues.
Nebach This Medina has not other worries right now??
Witch hunt? Hmmmmm … where have I heard that before?
And the use of the term in the US makes sense, given our history. But in Israel? Maybe Bibi is showing off his American roots.